I agree with James Fallows. Jon Huntsmen needs to shit or get off the pot. He cannot continue to serve as our ambassador to China while gearing up to run for the Republican nomination for president. If he isn’t going to run, he needs to make that crystal clear, and if he is going to run, he needs to resign his post. The former Utah governor is a more qualified and more plausible than anyone currently thinking about challenging Obama. If the Republican base has a practical bone in their bodies, they’ll easily nominate Huntsman, and he would probably win, or come very close to winning. Fortunately, there is no evidence that the Republican base is in any mood to be practical, and experts think Huntsman would fail to win the nomination. I wouldn’t be so sure.
Regardless, Huntsman can’t simultaneously serve in the administration and work to undercut it.
